900+ on your fist weapon is still considered good dps. But with today's standards, if they don't have LS, crit damage, and a socket, they are next to worthless.

You might be able to get away with Life on Hit instead of LS, but you would have to research the proc coefficients of your skills, and find out at what DPS most Monks typically start switching from LoH to LS.

yeah, the 900+ fist weapons I equipped dropped my Damage from 55K to 33K....and made me sick that I spent 600K of my 1.4 mil to get them. They do have crit and they do have LoH too, but my total crit chance wasn't over 50%. =(

The info you and Duster are giving me though is really helping me narrow down what I am looking for though. I think I can make a much more informed decision now with this info. Thanks again guys.

What do you have paired with that fist weapon though? In other words, what's the other weapon you're using in your off hand? And your crit damage should be pretty high on the weapon, or you need one with a socket to get better crit damage.

That fist weapon sounds pretty good though, you seem to have all the right stats on it. I started switching from LoH to LS at around 50k dps, that's when LS starts to become more beneficial. Once you get that going you can drop LoH from your other gear and upgrade that stuff for a lot cheaper.

Also, Kung Fu, patience is going to play a big role right now. You're either going to get lucky with some random drop you get, or you're going to have to build up you gold supply in order to get those items from the AH. Things won't be cheap from here on out.

Edit: Your critical hit chance doesn't need to be over 50%, but somewhere around 50% is a good target.

Popped on at lunch and spent a little bit too much time trying to find the monster power option. I finally did and set it to 1 and ran through the last leg of ACT3 without really paying any attention at all. It was a lot easier than I remember it.

What is the monster power level roughly equal to what the game was around version 1.4?

I am thinking patience is going to be the only thing I have for a while. I feel as though I must grind away on MP0 and just gather funds in order to afford the stuff I want....and hope for that occassioinal legendary that nets me 1.2 mil. =)

Edit. I think the Alkaizer run gets me about 150K in gold and then maybe another 20K in stuff I can sell plus like 1 paragon level, so not all that bad. Just gets a little boring.

I am still trying to find a happy medium on what I want to wait for. I think with the way my gold flow is currently and the gear I have on, I may have found it. I will look for some nice 1-handed weapons though.

I purchased a 1 handed axe that had a little over 1K in damage, but had 3.0 Life steal. I paired that up with the Shenlong fist I already owned. When I have the Scoundrel with me, my Crit Chance is 34%. I have the Mantra of Evasion and the rune that gives me extra Armor. I have One With Everything on. I have Breath of Heaven that gives me more power after use. I have the last fist attack (the left click) with a rune that increases movement and attack speed after a crit I think. All in all, I think I am more balanced now. My damage is like 37K before any buffs kick in. My armor is over 5K. My dex is over 2K and I am staying alive a lot more. Cyclones spew fairly easily too.

I think if I can buy some really decent pieces of equipment or find them even 1 piece at a time, that each time I do, it will make a significant difference in my playthrough. So, I keep that in mind and I grind away now. ^_^

They added the Monster power System to D3 so people who want the harder challenges can change the MP to 1-10 making the enemies stronger, this allowed them to lessen the power of the normal game on Inferno mode so that the non elitist could beat it :3

Punk I want to clarify something. Badgerlord is right that you can solo the hardest difficulty only using found items in the game. HOWEVER, you can't do that when you crank up the Monster Power (MP) to 10. That would require buying things on the AH or playing for thousands of hours to find your elite gear...